Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCould a New Business Model Make Clinical Drug Trials More Accessible to Patients?
Episode 67
Dr. Brian Alexander at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center in Boston was in the process of launching a new type of clinical trial: an adaptive platform tri…
8 years, 7 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: John Rogers and the Importance of Hiring Minority-Owned Services Firms
Episode 66
The African American CEO of a money management firm publicly criticizes the Fortune 500 for paying lip service to diversity. His board urges him to s…
8 years, 7 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: Oprah's Path to Authentic Leadership
Episode 65
Oprah Winfrey believes in sharing the experiences that led her to become the wealthiest woman in the entertainment industry and the first African Ame…
8 years, 8 months ago
One Love: Managing a Movement Against Relationship Violence
Episode 64
The One Love Foundation is a group dedicated to the prevention of relationship violence through education. Harvard Business School professor Tom DeLo…
8 years, 8 months ago
Leadership Lessons from the Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
Episode 63
As the Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, the young Martin Luther King, Jr. faces challenges to his leadership goals, strategic vision, and personal and …
8 years, 8 months ago
How to Monetize Happiness
Episode 62
Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi Ltd, invested in developing “people analytic…
8 years, 9 months ago
Does Time Pressure Hinder or Facilitate Creativity at Work?
Episode 61
Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile discusses her case, “Creativity Under the Gun at Litmus Corporation” — how managers can create the i…
8 years, 10 months ago
Language and Globalization: The Mandate to Speak English at Rakuten
Episode 60
Japan’s largest online retailer Rakuten is rapidly expanding into global markets. In order to ensure the success of the organization, but also to bre…
8 years, 10 months ago
Could a Hackathon Help Solve the Heroin Crisis?
Episode 59
What’s the value of crowdsourcing technological solutions to societal problems? Could a hackathon help solve the heroin crisis in Cincinnati, Ohio? H…
8 years, 11 months ago
Telemundo: The Fastest Growing TV Network in the United States
Episode 58
With about 54 million Hispanics in the U.S. who have an estimated buying power of 2.3 trillion dollars, it’s no wonder Telemundo is the fastest growi…
8 years, 11 months ago